St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-07-27
WORK OF THE POLICE.
O'Brien and Two Other FOOtpad
Captured---Circus ''Gang" Rul

O'Brien and Two Other FOOtpa0S
Captured---Circus "Gang" Run
In.
The city was full of crooks of all char
acter yesterday, but only one small
pocket-picking job is reported, and the
amount secured was only S1.21.
The thieves were promptly arrested.
They were Richard Rawley and William
Grady, two young thugs whose home is
in st. Paul. They ''frisked' lady's
pOcketbOOk on Robert street, during the
circus procession yesterday morning,
Capt. Bresette, of the central precinct,
caught them after short chase. The
two were identified by witness as the
same who held up Carl Anderson for his
watch and 81 in money at the corner of
Ninth and Jackson streets last Saturday
night.
On West Seventh street, last night,
Officer Gus Baer arrested two sus-
spicious characters who broke in the
front of a saloon, evidently with the in
tentiOn of robbery. They were armed,
and each carried in his sleeve rock
tied in handkerchief. At the Central
station they gave the names of Louis
Murch and Robert Eagle.
Thirty policemen and the entire de-
tective force were on duty at the circus
grounds on the West side, and eleven
suspected ''frisks" were run in before
they had an opportunity to work.
Among them was John Conway, better
known as ''JOcko," st. Paul man and a
pal of Laford, recently tried for highway
robbery. The others are outside talent.
Their names booked at the Ducas street
station are James Lynch, Jacob West,
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Clark, James Reilly, Ed Griffin, Burt
Reed, S. Overselt and Frank Acton.
O'BRIEN CAUGHT.
The biggest catch of the day was
made by Officer Tom McMa-
hon, who nailed the twice-escaped
highwayman, Dan O'Brien, in
Schaefer's saloon at the corner
of Washington and Chestnut streets at
a quarter past nine last night. O'Brien
and Frank Shaefer, his pal, who was
taken Sunday, are wanted for three
of the most daring criminal exploits
ever attempted in the city. Saturday
night they held up and robbed two men,
jumped from the patrol wagon and
escaped from the officers who were in
hot pursuit, and on Sunday
the West side and knocked
down and robbed the proprietor
i'll the face of a dozen aStOnished
by-standers. The two were caught in a
barn on Toronto street Monday evening,
but O'Brien again escaped from Officer
RuZiska. The police were on his trail
all day yesterday, but his familiarity
with the city enabled him to avoid
them. He came down from Min
neapolis last night, he says, with the
intention of freeing Schaefer, who is
confined at the county Jail. He went
into Schaefer's saloon to wait for dark
ness, and =, big Tom'' got wind
of it. The officer took no
chances, but entered the saloon
quietly and planted his revolver
squarely in O'Brien's face, taking him
by surprise. Sergeant Zirklebach and
Officer Mullaney were called. and
O'Brlen was safely landed in cell No. 2
at the central, struggling with the Off
GERS all the way. He told them:
never would have been taken alive if
hadn't been off my guard. I'd made up my
mind to get Schaefer free, and to shoot the
first man who interfered. Well not both do
time, though for L can prove that Schaefer
is innocent of the Wagner business. I'll do
time, but I'll swear him out of it.
O'Brien is finely-fOrmed young fell
low, dresses neatly and weighs about
160 pounds. He has a smooth, bOyish
face and is but twenty-five years of
age. Only S20.60 of the stolen money
was found on him.